She is an associate professor of sociology and heads the Human Resources program at Stockholm University. Stern’s research focuses on social movements, labor markets, social stratification, and rational choice theory. With Daniel Klein, who is both her husband and editor-in-chief of Econ Journal Watch, she has written several articles on the ideological profile of faculty in the United States, and with other co-authors has written on the same topic in Sweden. Her work has appeared in American Journal of Sociology, European Sociological Review, and many more.